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Piloting ain't easy. In addition to getting an intuition of the physics of flight, a pilot has to learn how to fly by instruments and how to fly safely with other aircraft. A speck on the horizon may be another aircraft heading straight toward the pilot, at which point changing a course is necessary before the speck starts growing and it may be too late to avoid a collision. With an increasing number of airplanes in the sky, and the perspective of even more unmanned aircraft claiming a share of that space, there is a growing need for technology able to capture the basic skills of learning how to avoid aerial collisions. Read the rest of this entry »